Sample Paper of History for Class IX of West Bengal Board

1)  Who had done the naming of India as “Hindustan”?

Ans. Persian.

2)  Who is the writer of “Indica”?

Ans. Megasthinis.

3)  Who is the writer of “Tahkak-E-Hind”?

Ans. Al-barony.

4)  Which one is the oldest book of India?

Ans. Rig-Veda.

5)  What is the name of the main religion of book of Buddhists?

Ans. Tripitok.

6)  Who is the best emperor of ‘Mourya’ family?

Ans. Asoka.

7)  Who was the first general governor of East-India company?

Ans. Waren-Hestings.

8)  In which year East-India company has been situated ?

Ans. 1708.

9)  Who is known as “Chi rag-E-Delhi”?

Ans. Nasiruddin - Chi rag.

10) Who is the establisher of Das family of Delhi?

Ans. Kutubuddin - Ibok.

11) Why our country is called “Bharatbarsha”?

Ans. According to the mythology, as the name of Prince ‘Bharat’, son of ‘Dushmanta’ and ‘Shakuntala’, the name ‘Bharat’ has been created.

12)Who is the writer of “Rajtarangini”? In this book which history of India has described?

Ans. ‘Kalhan’ was the writer of this book.In this book the history of Kashmir has been described.

13)Which of the books of Darwin are helps us to know about the creation & evolution of human?

Ans. Charles Robert Darwin, English naturalist, from his books which are “The Origin Of Species”(1859) & “The Decent Of Man”(1871),we have come to know about the creation and the gradually development of human.

14)Who had discovered the “Harappa” civilization & in which year? Take a few important center of this civilization.

Ans. In the year 1921-1922, under the supervision of Sir John Marshall, archeologist Rakhaldas Bandyopadhyay & Dayaram Sahani had discovered the civilization.The main centers of this civilization are –

i.  Harappa

ii.  Mahenjo –Daro

iii.  Alamgirpur(UP)

iv.  Kalibangan(Rajasthan)

v.  Lothal(Gujrat)

vi.  Rupar(Hariyana)

vii.  Sutkajen-dor

15)Who is the founder of “Muryan” empire? In his reign which foreign traveler have came in to this country?

Ans. “Chandra Gupt Muryan was the founder of this empire. In his reign Greek traveler “Megasthinis” have came to India.